Lara Gut-Behrami
Gut-Behrami in 2017
Personal information
Born (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991
Sorengo, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined
ClubSporting Gottardo
World Cup debut28 December 2007 (age 16)
Websitelaragut.ch
Olympics
Teams3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams8 – (2009–2023)
Medals8 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons16 – (2008–2009, 2011–2024)
Wins39 – (19 SG, 12 DH, 7 GS, 1 AC)
Podiums80 – (35 SG, 20 DH, 22 GS, 2 AC, 1 PG)
Overall titles1 – (2016)
Discipline titles4 – (4 SG, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2023)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing   Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Giant slalom 7 8 7
Downhill 12 4 4
Super-G 19 8 8
Combined 1 0 1
Parallel 0 0 1
Total 39 20 21
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 2
World Championships 2 3 3
Total 3 3 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingSuper-G
Bronze medal – third place2014 SochiDownhill
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingGiant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Cortina d'AmpezzoSuper-G
Gold medal – first place2021 Cortina d'AmpezzoGiant slalom
Silver medal – second place2009 Val-d'IsèreDownhill
Silver medal – second place2009 Val-d'IsèreCombined
Silver medal – second place2013 SchladmingSuper-G
Bronze medal – third place2015 Beaver CreekDownhill
Bronze medal – third place2017 St. MoritzSuper-G
Bronze medal – third place2021 Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2007 AltenmarktDownhill
Silver medal – second place2008 FormigalDownhill

Lara Gut-Behrami (née Gut; Italian pronunciation: [ˈlaːra ˈɡut]; born 27 April 1991) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who competes in all disciplines and specializes in the speed events of downhill and Super-G. She won the gold medal in the super-G event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Career

Gut in downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in January 2017

Gut was born in Sorengo, Canton Ticino; her father, Pauli Gut, is Swiss from Airolo, and her mother, Gabriella Almici, a masseuse, was born in Zone, Lombardy.[1] Gut participated in her first FIS races at age 15 in December 2006. At the Alpine Youth World Championship 2007 at Altenmarkt, Austria, she won silver in downhill. In the same year, she became the Swiss national champion in super-G, the second youngest champion of all time. In the 2007 season, Gut finished second in the downhill standings of the Europa Cup.

In late December 2007, Gut made her World Cup debut in a giant slalom at Lienz, Austria. In January 2008, at Caspoggio, she won four consecutive Europa Cup races. At her first World Cup downhill race on 2 February 2008, Gut made the podium in third place at St. Moritz, despite falling on the finishing pitch and sliding on her back through the finish line, she finished only 0.35 seconds behind the winner. She followed her World Cup speed debut with a fifth-place finish in the super-G the next day. Following the 2008 season, Gut was moved up to the World Cup team for the 2009 season.

Early in her first full season, Gut won her first World Cup race on 20 December 2008, a super-G in St. Moritz, finishing 0.63 seconds ahead of runner-up Fabienne Suter.[2] Gut became the youngest skier to win a World Cup super-G race at 17.65 years (17 years, 237 days).[3]

At the 2009 World Championships at Val-d'Isère, France, Gut won silver medals in the downhill and the super combined, more than two months before her 18th birthday.

On 29 September 2009, Gut fell during training at Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and dislocated her hip. She was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Visp, where it was reset. The Swiss Ski Federation initially reported that Gut would be out of competition for at least a month.[4] In January 2010, it was announced that Gut would miss the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver because of a slow recovery from a hip injury.[5] She sat out the entire 2010 season but returned for the 2011 season and earned four podiums, which included a victory in the super-G at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in January.

Gut switched ski suppliers following the 2011 season, leaving Atomic for a three-year deal with Rossignol.[6] Though she had seven top-ten finishes in three disciplines during the 2012 World Cup season, she did not reach a podium; her best results were three top-five finishes.

In December 2012, Gut won her first World Cup downhill in Val-d'Isère, France.[7] She finished ahead of American Leanne Smith (0.16 sec) and fellow Swiss skier Nadja Kamer (0.5 sec).

Gut won her first Olympic medal in the downhill in 2014 at Sochi. She took the bronze, finishing 0.10 seconds behind Tina Maze and fellow Swiss skier Dominique Gisin, who both won the gold.[8] In World Cup, she won the super-G season title and finished third overall in 2014.

After four years with Rossignol, Gut changed to Head equipment in May 2015.[9]

At the World Championships in 2017 on home country snow in St. Moritz, Gut won bronze in the super-G. In the next event, the combined, she injured her left knee (ACL, meniscus) between runs, which ended her season.[10]

In February 2020, Gut won her first race in over two years, the World Cup downhill in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.[11]

In the 2020–2021 season, she had one of the most successful showings of her career thus far, winning four consecutive Super-G races on the World Cup while also entering a close battle for the overall lead with Petra Vlhová. She continued her successful season at the World Championships in Cortina D’Ampezzo. In the super-G, she delivered on the promise displayed on the World Cup, winning her first world title and bronze in the downhill. With only a single giant slalom podium on the World Cup that season, she became somewhat of a surprise winner in the giant slalom, with reigning Olympic Champion Mikaela Shiffrin having two strong runs and many of the top performers from the World Cup displaying poor performances; however, Gut-Behrami still prevailed to win the giant slalom by .02 in what was the closest giant slalom in world championship history. She became the second Swiss woman to win two golds in a single championship and the first in 34 years following Erika Hess’ strong showing in 1987.

Personal life

Gut is fluent in Italian, German, French, and English and knows Spanish.[12][13][14]

She married Swiss football player Valon Behrami in July 2018,[15] and has since competed using the double-barrelled name Gut-Behrami.[16]

World Cup results

Season titles

  • 5 titles – (1 overall, 4 super-G)
Season
Discipline
2014Super-G
2016 Overall
Super-G
2021Super-G
2023 Super-G

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
20081654——2630—
20091711459111216
201018injured in September: out for entire season
20111910—284730
20122014—1781830
2013219—61054
2014223—41615
2015239—2456—
2016241433142
201725457533—
20182612—2321024
20192721—26718—
2020287—1444—
2021292—713—
20223011—13615
2023312—216
2024324—1514
Standings through 22 December 2023

Race victories

Total Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
Wins3907191210
Podiums80022352021
Season
Date Location Discipline
200920 December 2008 Switzerland  St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G
20119 January 2011Austria Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaSuper-G
201314 December 2012France Val-d'Isère, FranceDownhill
201426 October 2013Austria Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom
29 November 2013United States Beaver Creek, USADownhill
30 November 2013Super-G
8 December 2013Canada Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G
26 January 2014Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G
12 March 2014 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandDownhill
13 March 2014Super-G
20157 December 2014Canada Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G
24 January 2015 Switzerland  St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill
201627 November 2015United States Aspen, USAGiant slalom
18 December 2015France Val-d'Isère, FranceCombined
19 December 2015Downhill
28 December 2015Austria Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom
7 February 2016Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G
19 February 2016Italy La Thuile, ItalyDownhill
201722 October 2016Austria Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom
4 December 2016Canada Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G
18 December 2016France Val d'Isère, FranceSuper-G
22 January 2017Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G
28 January 2017Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
201821 January 2018Super-G
202021 February 2020 Switzerland  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill
22 February 2020Downhill
202110 January 2021Austria St. Anton, AustriaSuper-G
24 January 2021 Switzerland  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSuper-G
30 January 2021Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G
1 February 2021Super-G
26 February 2021Italy Val di Fassa, ItalyDownhill
27 February 2021Downhill
202211 December 2021 Switzerland  St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G
15 January 2022Austria Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaDownhill
202326 November 2022United States Killington, USAGiant slalom
15 January 2023Austria St. Anton, AustriaSuper-G
16 March 2023Andorra Soldeu, AndorraSuper-G
202428 October 2023Austria Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom
25 November 2023United States Killington, USAGiant slalom

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
200917—DNF1722
201119—2044DNF2
201321—7216DNF2
201523—DNF1735
201725——3—DNS2
201927—2198DNS2
202129—113—
202331—469DNS2
  • Injured between runs of Combined event in 2017

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
201018injured: did not compete
201422—943DNF2
201826—DNF14DNF—
202230—3116—

References

  1. ↑ Sokolovskaya, Yanina (6 February 2013). "Lara Gut, stella d'argento che fa risplendere Zone" (in Italian). Bresciaoggi. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "St Moritz: Swiss teen Gut notches first win". skiracing.com. 20 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "World Cup Women's RacesAge Stats – > 1970". SKI-DB. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  4. ↑ Skionline.ch
  5. ↑ "Injury forces Switzerland's Lara Gut out of Vancouver Olympics". USA Today. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Ski Racing.com – Swiss star Lara Gut moves to Rossignol equipment – 6 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Alpine Skiing".
  8. ↑ "Alpine Skiing: Events & Places". Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lara Gut signs with Head". SkiRacing.com. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Bonesteel, Matt (10 February 2017). "Defending World Cup ski champion Lara Gut tears ACL, but she should be back for Olympics". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Gut-Behrami kehrt auf Siegerstraße zurück (in German)". orf.at. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  12. ↑ #Q1 – How did you learn languages? – Exclusive interview with Lara Gut. (in German)
  13. ↑ Lara Gut, l'ultima festa stagionale (in Italian), archived from the original on 21 December 2021
  14. ↑ Lara Gut: "vivre et laisser vivre" (in French), archived from the original on 21 December 2021
  15. ↑ "Lara Gut und Valon Behrami haben geheiratet". tele1.ch (in German).
  16. ↑ GUT-BEHRAMI Lara
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.